At Emmanuel, ALL gifts to mission are designated at the discretion of the donor.
Our fall pledging allows you to designate your gifts for the
state and national UCC ministry (OCWM)
and / or
the Emmanuel General Fund, which supports our
local staff, programming, building & grounds.

OUR ANNUAL PLEDGE

The General Fund
Contributions here support the ministry of Emmanuel: it pays the staff, heat and lights. It buys church school supplies and Christmas banners. It buys the gas to run the lawn mower and the soap to wash the dishes inthe kitchen. It supplies all the basic institutional needs of this faith community.

OCWM (Our Church's Wider Mission)
Contributions here go to two places:

1. To the Wisconsin Conference of the UCC, which runs the state office as well as helps support our agency institutions, such as retirement homes and care facilities, colleges and seminaries, our camping program for youth & adults at Pilgrim Center and Moon Beach camps.
2. To the National UCC, which supports the national offices as well as our national ministries such as missionaries in the Global Ministries Project, global child sponsorship, justice and advocacy ministries, church growth and life ministries, curriculum publications and MUCH, MUCH more that we do on the national level.  

Click the link to view and download a pledge card.

SPECIAL MISSIONS & OFFERINGS

The Singing Bowl Loose Change Offering

Every month, we educate ourselves and contribute to ministries in developing nations, as well as local outreaches. Globally, this includes things like literacy programs for women and children, digging village wells for better sanitation, and micro-lending projects to enable women to start their own small businesses. Locally, this would include not only education and financial gifts, but also hands-on outreach to local food cupboards and shelters. The money for our contributions to this comes from a weekly loose change offering called "The Singing Bowl." Projects are chosen by the Social Concerns Team.

Kettle Moraine Food Pantry

The first Sunday of each month we bring canned foods, paper goods and diapers for our local food pantry. Although the contributions here are usually grocery items, the Food Pantry also welcomes financial contributions. 

Dousman Home Meals

One week a month we deliver hot home meals to area shut-ins. The meals are made by the Masonic Home and picked up by us at the Three Pillars Compass Point at 12:00 noon. Volunteers can sign up to drive 1-5 days per month. There is no financial contribution to this ministry. (To volunteer for this important ministry, call the church office, 965-4022.)